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VIII.43 Compound microscope
Maker:Hartnack & Prazmowski firm
Place:Paris
Date:ca. 1880
Materials:brass
Dimensions:height 290 mm; box 280x193x110 mm
Current inventory:3282
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Compound microscope made by Hartnack & Prazmowski. Has a horseshoe foot. The mirror and the stage are placed above a compass joint that holds the pillar with the body-tube. Coarse focus is by rackwork. Fine focus is by a screw and knob. The instrument has a condenser fitted with a diaphragm. The eyepiece is Huygenian. Accessories include objectives and items for handling specimens. Belonged to the Gabinetto degli Invertebrati of the Istituto di Studi Superiori of Florence.

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